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Asset Condition Management

Preventing Contamination

Lubricant contamination is one of the leading causes for machine failure, and contamination can begin before the lubricant enters the machine. Consider how your company handles bulk lubricants.

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Asset Condition Management

Resonance & Coastdown

In addition to the common "Bump Test" method to determine a system's natural frequency, an analytical technique called "Coastdown" is typically included in most data collector and analyzer

Work Execution Management

V-Belt Maintenance “TOOL BOX TRAINING”

Reference: Belt Drive Preventive Maintenance Manual by Gates Corporation.

V-Belt Maintenance is a requirement if you want to insure optimum belt drive performance. This process requires proper maintenance and discipline in order to insure effective belt operation and a long service life. When coupled with a regularly scheduled maintenance program, belt drives will run relatively trouble-free for a long time.

General Rules: (if you want to stop V-Belt failures)

1. Insure proper alignment of sheaves both parallel and angular using a sheave laser alignment tool. Do not use a

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Work Execution Management

Definition: Pareto Principle

A principle that the critical few, about 20% of items such as assets, failures, parts etc., should receive attention before the insignificant many, usually about 80%. This principle is named

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Leadership for Reliability

Running a company on visible figures alone

One cannot be successful on visible figures alone. Now of course visible figures are important. There is payroll to meet, vendors to pay, taxes to pay; amortization, pension funds and

Asset Condition Management

How to Select a Filter Cart for Maximum Value

In the past decade the filter cart has gone from being a specialty item to being a standard lubrication tool for maintenance professionals. As organizations place more and more emphasis on

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Asset Condition Management

Log vs Linear Graphs in Vibration Analysis

It seems that the majority of analysts today are only comfortable working with linear graphs of the FFT spectrum. This graph displays frequency or orders in the X-axis and amplitude in the

Asset Condition Management

Frequency Response, Range, and Resolution

Technology manufacturers print a lot of things on spec sheets. Some even push the integrity limits of writing specs, which has developed into its own slang term called ‘specmanship'. When

· ... refers to the range of frequencies which the equipment is capable of measuring, but without reference to the accuracy or "flatness" of the actual response across the range. For example, the frequency range from 10Hz to 20kHz with a tolerance of +/-10 dB is very poor quality in comparison to the tolerance of +/- 3dB from the previous example.

Work Execution Management

SAP Notifications and Maintenance Orders: Track those Maintenance Costs

A Notification is usually written to record an equipment malfunction: Asset ID, dates, duration, damage, causes of damage, actions performed can be entered to a Notification. The Notification ...

Leadership for Reliability

What is Work Sampling?

Work sampling is a measurement technique based on a random sampling of the workforce to determine what types of activities they are performing over the course of the day. Having

Work Execution Management

Definition: Maintenance History

A chronological list of all maintenance performed on an asset. Synonymous with equipment repair history and maintenance record.

Tip excerpted from: The Professional's Guide To Maintenance And

Leadership for Reliability

Getting More Value from Your Conference Attendance

Finally, you get the approvals required to attend that conference that you have been looking forward to. You know that conferences provide both information gathering opportunities and access to

...An engaged and open-minded person can derive huge additional benefits when attending the same conference as someone who thinks they know all the answers. Open minded people leave themselves open to new perspectives and experiences and while they may hear many things that they do know, they usually glean something new to help them achieve their goals at work. Keep an open mind and you will get greater value from your time and attendance.

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